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Colombian regulators have decided that the American Movil (AMX, quote) unit in the country, Claro, will not be allowed to participate in an upcoming 4G auction. Minister of Information Technology and Communications, Diego Molano, announced that the decision was to correct inequalities in the market for telecoms (Spanish).

Wednesday’s best web reviews a telecom deal in Mexico, the generic drug market in India, the case for Samsung to make a bid for Nokia, the health of the Indonesian rupiah, and the TAPI pipeline project.

Austerity has already pushed Spain into a recession and is now putting pressure on the country’s biggest stocks. But while Latin America has a much more vibrant economic environment, some are worrying that Telefonica (TEF, quote) could face political trouble there.

World’s number one billionaire Carlos Slim’s Mexican telco giant America Movil (AMX) has been facing pressure from regulatory authorities in Colombia and Mexico over its control of the two nations’ telecom markets.

U.S. cell phone users are used to having the right to keep their numbers when they switch networks. As the practice of making account information “portable” spreads, competition for subscribers in emerging markets is already getting more intense — and profit margins are feeling the strain.

Participating in a round table discussion at the Mobile World Congress, the CEO of Telefonica (TEF, quote) in Latin America, Santiago Fernandez Valbuena, brought out some extremely positive notes on the rate of growth in the region.

Grupo Prisa SA (PRIS,quote) has a strong franchise that generates more than enough free cash to allow it to emerge from the euro debt crisis, like other Spanish stocks such as Telefonica SA (TEF, quote) and Banco Santander SA (STD, quote).

“Moneyball” is having an effect around the world as Telefonica SA (TEF, quote) is following AT&T (T, quote), Verizon Communications (VZ, quote) and Sprint Nextel (S, quote) in developing its own talent by funding local start-up companies in its industry.